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July 29, 2011

The new National Museum of Scotland opens in Edinburgh today after a big bucks refit and it looks spectacular.

Catering company Benugo, who also look after the grub at Edinburgh Castle, are operating a cafe and a ground floor brasserie in the museum.

As you might hope, Scottish produce is very much to the fore with dishes such as Cullen skink, Scottish langoustine with homemade mayonnaise, Inverloch goat’s cheese and beetroot salad, and Arbroath smokie fishcakes.

It may look like a canoe but the pic is of a feasting bowl from the Cook Islands. It was used by the islanders for ritual feasting.